Debbie Nathan

The fallout from President Trump's zero tolerance immigration policy continues as the government rushes to meet a judge's deadline to reunify separated families.

In “What Happened to Sandra Bland?” Debbie Nathan of "The Nation" investigated an under-reported aspect of Sandra Bland’s story - her life. 

The name Sybil brings to mind the 1973 nonfiction book and the TV movie based on it, about a woman named with 16 different personalities. The story became both a pop phenomenon and a revolutionary force in the psychotherapy industry, and now journalist Debbie Nathan looks at the true story behind it. In Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case, she reveals how three women created what may have been an elaborate fraud.

Debbie Nathan, freelance reporter and the author of Pornography: A Groundwork Guide (Groundwood Books, 2007), argues that reporters are prevented from adequately covering the issues around pornography because of overly restrictive laws.